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Offenbach / Magdeburg (dpa / sa) - The winter 2020/21 was too warm in Saxony-Anhalt according to information from the German Weather Service (DWD).
With an average temperature of around 1.5 degrees, the state was well above the long-term average of 0.4 degrees.
This emerges from the preliminary DWD balance sheet for the months of December, January and February.
According to the DWD, this comparative value, calculated from the internationally valid reference period 1961 to 1990, enables an assessment of long-term climate change.
With 175 hours of sunshine this winter, Saxony-Anhalt was also well above the reference value of 145 hours.
With around 120 liters of precipitation per square meter, Saxony-Anhalt was one of the federal states with little precipitation in winter and almost reached its target value of 119 liters.
For the tenth time in a row, the meteorologists recorded a too warm winter nationwide.
Accordingly, the average temperature was 1.8 degrees and thus 1.6 degrees above the target value.
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German weather service for winter 2020/21